Trump Demands Loyalty From NATO Or Lose US Troops | News Round-Up

In this news round-up of the week for Friday August 14th 2026. President Trump is demanding expressions of loyalty from NATO members before deciding where US troops will be withdrawn. Is this the moment where it really gets ugly? 150 thousand Canadians are demanding that the US ambassador to their country Pete Hoekstra be booted out, as Alberta squares up to an independence referendum. The UK's MAGA-lite populist Nigel Farage wins his by-election against a man wearing a bin on his head - and astonishingly that seems not to have solved his problems. And various people are asking - what could every replace Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who is standing down?I have a suggestion. Let's discuss.