He vetoed a marquee bill last year that would have required artificial intelligence developers to put safeguards on the technology.

"That would have been vetoed in about 30 seconds in my day," he said.

The ex-president even debated a secret plan to suspend the Fourth Amendment and make nationwide mass arrests, a proposal eventually vetoed by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.

The Security Council resolution was passed but two key US allies, the UK and France, abstained in the vote after their attempts to amend the wording were vetoed.

Though it is a joint office, she could still travel to the US as long as the move is not vetoed by the first minister which seems unlikely.