Hollywood Called It: Jack Ryan's Venezuela Rant Just Went From Fiction to Reality | WATCH

Ah, Hollywood, that magical land where spies are handsome, plots are predictable, and geopolitical prophecies come true faster than you can say "streaming service reboot."

Remember Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan? That Amazon Prime thriller where John Krasinski trades his Office awkwardness for CIA abs and a penchant for monologuing about rogue nations? Well, buckle up, folks, because Season 2, Episode 1 ("Cargo") just aged like a fine Venezuelan rum, or should I say, like Maduro's dance moves before the helicopters swooped in.

In that episode, our hero Jack stands in a dimly lit CIA briefing room, whiteboard in hand, delivering a TED Talk on why Venezuela is America's sneaky backyard boogeyman. "It's not just about the oil," he intones, pointing to a map like he's unveiling the secrets of the universe. No, folks, it's the tantalum, that shiny mineral in your smartphone that makes scrolling through cat videos feel so smooth. Venezuela's got heaps of it, plus a prime location that's basically a stone's throw from Florida (if the stone is a missile). Ryan warns of instability, shady alliances (hello, Russia and Iran), and how a collapsing regime could turn the country into a launchpad for all sorts of chaos, drugs, nukes, you name it.

"Venezuela isn't a failed state," he says with that brooding stare, "it's a ticking time bomb aimed at us."

Cut to last night, or should I say, early this morning, when President Trump turned that fictional whiteboard doodle into a real-life action blockbuster. Delta Force commandos rappelling into Caracas like they're auditioning for Mission: Impossible 7, snatching Nicolás Maduro and his wife from their bunker. And Trump's Instagram reel? Pure gold, "Maduro f***ed around and found out!" with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth chiming in like a hype man at a wrestling match.

Maduro, ever the polite villain, waves "Goodnight" and "Happy New Year" as he's hustled into DEA HQ in NYC. Classy touch, Nick, almost makes you forget the narco-terrorism charges and the $50 million bounty.

But here's the hilarious part: Ryan's rant wasn't just spy-novel fluff.

Venezuela's oil reserves? Trump straight-up announced we'd "run" them temporarily, turning the country into a U.S.-managed gas station until things stabilize.

Those shady alliances? Maduro's been cozying up to Iran and Russia for years, just like Ryan predicted, and now, with Tehran on Trump's hit list, it's like a two-for-one regime-change special.

And the drugs? Oh boy, the fentanyl flooding U.S. streets via Venezuelan gangs like Tren de Aragua? That's the "weapon" Ryan warned about, turning our suburbs into zombie apocalypses one overdose at a time.

Back in 2019, when the show dropped, critics rolled their eyes: "Another over-the-top Clancy plot!" Fast-forward to 2026, and it's basically a documentary. Candace Owens is out here blaming Zionists and the CIA for the raid (because why not throw in a conspiracy cherry on top?), while Cenk Uygur screams about neocons fighting Israel's wars. Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson's old clip defending Maduro's "conservative" bans on gay marriage and abortion is aging like milk left in the sun, who knew "socially conservative" meant "starve your people and export coke"?