Dictators, Invaders and Trump's motley crew on the Board of Peace

The News Agents

Thursday, 22 January 2026 - 32 minutes

Originally intended to be a small group overseeing a ceasefire in Gaza, Trump's Board of Peace has evolved into something much bigger. Apparently "a lot of great people" want to join, but who’s going to pay the billion dollars to sit on it? And what are Trump's real aspirations for the Board of Peace? On today’s show we try and break down what he’s hoping to achieve, whether the UN should feel threatened and why there’s no mention of Gaza in the draft text.

Later, we are joined by Peter Frankopan - did Trump “get" Greenland or has NATO just found a way to make him think so?

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