That will be one American in a foreign prison Trump won't spend political capital to bring home.
To arrive at your conclusion, you assume a lot.
However, there would seem to be two phenomena that might lead to a more satisfying and less complicated solution, 1) experiments in quantum signalling whereby unrelated subatomic particles seem to be able to communicate over vast distancesand 2) Dr Emoto's experiments with water which seem to show the effects of positive and negative stimuli.
Combined, these two would seem to support the idea that combined thought, either positive or negative, affects reality.
Think positive
The power of prayer
You are what you think
All of these bits of wisdom have been with humanity for ages, apparently for a reason.
Exactly. You are what you think. That applies to the individual. What the OP was looking for is the crowd effect. How combined thought is transmitted to affect reality.
Actually, I have though about my ideas quite a bit and even experiment by focusing thought on positive outcomes directed at people half a world away. Anecdotally, it seems to work somewhat though, of course, there is really no way of measuring the effect.
Always thankful in prayer, as if the result is already manifest. Asking for what you do not have assumes the someone has to give it to you, like a child asking a parent for something.
When you look at the most influential religious leaders - for me, Jesus and Buddha - they both claim we have all that we need to control our reality either through prayer or meditation. We generally ignore this advice in pursuit of more tangible things.
if humanity is a game the spirit world plays, reincarnation is your new life.
If humanity is a test of spirits, you have to keep coming back until you pass.