Everything you need to know about Donald Trump’s Board of Peace
Americast
BBC
4.3 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 February 2026
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
President Trump described his Board of Peace as “the most consequential international organisation ever.” The Board, which Donald Trump heads in perpetuity, is having its inaugural meeting in Washington, DC, on Thursday February 19.
Sarah and Anthony convene to tell you everything you know ahead of the meeting: lay out exactly what the Board is, what it does, who its members are, and crucially: what Donald Trump wants to get out of it.
Plus, a handful of prominent Democrats appeared at the Munich Security Conference at the weekend with the message that Donald Trump would only be around for a few more years, and that the US would return as a strong partner with Europe. But did any of them stick out as potential front-runners for the nominations?
HOSTS: • Sarah Smith, North America Editor • Anthony Zurcher, North America Correspondent
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | So Anthony, you spent the weekend, Valentine's weekend, no less, with Donald Trump in West Palm Beach. |
| 0:11.0 | Yeah, my wife wasn't thrilled, but duty calls and I spent most of the weekend waiting around while Donald Trump played golf or had dinner with Melania at his Mar-a-Lago club. |
| 0:22.4 | But one of the benefits of being on press pool is that you do travel with the president to and from on Air Force One. |
| 0:28.4 | And we were able to travel on the way back and talk to Donald Trump. |
| 0:32.6 | And you asked him about the Board of Peace, I know, which is, of course, potentially going to be a huge deal this week |
| 0:39.2 | because it's having its inaugural meeting in Washington on Thursday. |
| 0:44.7 | So we better explain who's coming, who's involved in this, what it's going to do, |
| 0:49.7 | and why Donald Trump is so invested in it. |
| 0:52.9 | Welcome to AmeriCast. |
| 0:56.7 | AmeriCast. AmeriCast from BBC News. |
| 0:59.8 | You hear that sound? |
| 1:00.9 | Oh, I think when I hear that sound, it reminds me of money. |
| 1:04.7 | Nicholas Maduro, he hefted around, and he found out. |
| 1:08.0 | This is a big coverer, and this administration is engaged in it. |
| 1:11.4 | This guy has trumped arrangement syndrome. |
| 1:13.6 | I have four words for you. |
| 1:16.9 | Turn the volume up. |
| 1:23.5 | Hi, it's Sarah here in the BBC's Bureau in Washington. |
| 1:27.0 | And it's Anthony, right next to Sarah here in Washington, D.C. |
| 1:30.0 | On a fine Wednesday morning, and we're going to be talking about the first meeting, the inaugural |
| 1:34.8 | meeting of President Trump's Board of Peace, that is taking place here in Washington |
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