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		</div><p>Tory leadership hopeful Michael Gove has disclosed his expected meeting with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday did not go ahead.</p>
<p>The UK&#8217;s Environment Secretary was one of a number of contenders for the Conservative crown who had hoped to meet the president during his three-day state visit.</p>
<p>Appearing before the Commons Scottish Affairs Committee, Mr Gove acknowledged he was only able to secure “a few words” with him on Monday – the night of the state banquet at Buckingham Palace.</p>
<p><em>“I’m afraid I didn’t see him today,”</em> Mr Gove said.</p>
<p><em>“I saw him on Monday evening. I had an opportunity to say a few words to the president on Monday night.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Gove’s team had previously said they had been contacted by the White House with a view to arranging a meeting during the course of the president’s stay in the UK.</p>
<p>Earlier, sources close to Britain&#8217;s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said he had a one-to-one session with the president on Tuesday evening, while the UK&#8217;s Home Secretary Sajid Javid’s aides said he had a “brush-by” with him at the D-Day commemorations in Portsmouth on England&#8217;s south coast today.</p>
<p>Fellow leadership contender Boris Johnson also had a 20-minute phone call with Mr Trump – although they were unable to arrange a face-to-face meeting as the former foreign secretary was taking part in a Tory leadership hustings.</p>
<p>During his press conference with Theresa May on Tuesday, Mr Trump said he knew both Mr Johnson and Mr Hunt and thought that either man would do a good job as prime minister.</p>
<p>He said he did not know Mr Gove – despite the fact the Environment Secretary interviewed him for The Times shortly before his inauguration as president in 2017.</p>
<p>Mr Gove suggested he may have made more of an impression on the president’s wife, Melania, during their encounter on Monday.</p>
<p><em>“These occasions require people to wear evening dress,”</em> he said.</p>
<p><em>“I had the opportunity to wear the kilt.</em></p>
<p><em>“It was very interesting that my wife was talking to the First Lady who was very taken with that.</em></p>
<p><em>“I think the president my well be placing an order for a dress Gordon tartan.”</em></p>
<p>He added jokingly: <em>“That is another example of a successful trading relationship between the UK and America that we have brokered.”</em></p>
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