US being engulfed in a political soap opera

THERE is this country that's a net oil exporter, where according to reports, the security services were considering staging a coup against its president whom they suspected of having ties with a foreign power and who has just declared a national emergency. And then there is the threat of revolution to be launched by a political movement led by a young Latina socialist activist. But no, the country is not Venezuela.

Well, it is true, as Presi…