A peace of work

The Playbook Podcast

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🗓️ 22 January 2026

⏱️ 14 minutes

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President Donald Trump is still in Davos, where his Board of Peace is the issue that is driving the conversation at the World Economic Forum. The entity that Trump has proposed to oversee the peace process in Gaza is cause for consternation among many of the countries who received invites to join. But it is that very list of invitees — which includes the likes of China and Russia — that is ruffling feathers among the traditional ally set. Playbook’s Jack Blanchard and White House reporter Megan Messerly discuss the latest upheaval that Trump has brought to Davos. Plus, could there be a breakthrough on a Ukraine-Russia peace deal?

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0:31.8	Today on the Playbook podcast, it's day two of Donald at Davos, and this time he's talking about Gaza and Ukraine. Back here in D.C., Jack Smith gives public testimony on the hill about his
0:37.3	investigation into Donald Trump.
0:39.6	And J.D. Vance will make a speech in Minnesota as the administration doubles down on ice.
0:45.5	Hello, I'm Jack Blanchard.
0:47.2	And I'm Megan Messerly. It's Thursday, January 22nd.
0:52.0	Megan, it's good to have you back. How are you doing?
0:54.0	I'm doing great. You know, another news-filled
0:56.4	week, Jack. No rest for the weary. Were you sorry not to get the hot ticket to Davos this week? Would
1:01.6	you rather be on a mountain slope somewhere? I love Switzerland. I went for the first time last summer.
1:06.5	It was so beautiful. Incredible. Well, the snow and the ice is coming to D.C. this weekend.
1:11.9	Fear not.
1:13.6	Switzerland will come to me. Exactly. Something about the mountain coming to you. Exactly.
1:17.6	There's a lot going on again today in Davos as Donald Trump is still there. This morning,
1:22.5	he is going to be unveiling what he calls his Board of Peace. And this is a pretty
1:27.1	controversial topic. Now, the Board of Peace, and this is a pretty controversial topic.
1:28.1	Now, the Board of Peace is the sort of entity that Donald Trump has dreamed up to oversee Gaza,
1:33.5	or at least originally this was the idea, following this East Fire that he brokered, which all sounded
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