US president Barack Obama was seen playing golf at The Grove Golf Club in Watford, Hertfordshire, with Prime Minister David Cameron.
But, on his visit to the UK, he had more to say on the world’s problems rather than the Golf.
He told the Daily Mail: “My primary message to you is to reject pessimism and cynicism, know that progression is possible, progression requires a harder path of standing up for the values of adversity.
“Progress is not inevitable and requires struggle and faith and perseverance.
“That’s how we won gay rights, worker rights, civil rights because those who came before us risked their lives to give us the chance to ready something better, that’s what gives me hope for your generation.
“You’re a generation that has seen globalisation not as a threat but as opportunities for education and employment and exchange. Not as a curse but as a gift.”
The US president has also said that he does not believe the UK should leave the European Union earlier in the week.
