Summitry: Trumpery 2.0 & Conclusions

Creating History

It's more than 100 days into Donald Trump’s second term as America’s 47th president and the world is holding its breath...

In this conclusion to Creating History’s series on international summitry, we dissect how the “disruptor-in-chief” has returned with a vengeance, turbocharging his “America First” doctrine and turning summitry into something like a high-stakes reality show. Listener questions probe the limits of Trump’s power: Can international institutions survive? Is this the end of multilateralism? And where might Trump’s revived bromance with Putin lead?

As the old order crumbles, we ask whether this is the death of diplomacy… or its reinvention. Creating History doesn’t take sides but does try to connect the dots on how history is being rewritten - the privatization of statecraft, summitry as performance art and the rise of a new “transactional world disorder.”

From Creating History - the team behind Creating Churchill - comes a gripping new season of high-stakes diplomacy, backroom negotiations and world-altering decisions.

This is Summitry. Twelve episodes exploring pivotal meetings that shaped history.

When Hitler met Chamberlain. When Kennedy clashed with Khrushchev. When Bush and Blair stood shoulder to shoulder. When Trump had a shouting match with Zelenskyy... History isn’t just written - it’s negotiated.

Hosted by Russell Barnes and historian David Reynolds, Summitry takes you inside the rooms where power, pressure and politics collide. Each episode unpacks a defining diplomatic summit, revealing the human drama, strategic manoeuvring and lasting impacts of these encounters. Featuring expert analysis and rich historical context, this series pulls back the curtain on the meetings that changed the course of history. Because when leaders meet, the world changes…

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