I’d forgotten this remote viewing session entirely. Then, in October 2026, someone showed me a recording of a Future Forecasting Group debrief from six years earlier. There I was, describing a leader giving a televised speech from a raised platform, a sudden bang and a young gunman. Watching it back, I thought of Butler, Pennsylvania. And, to be honest, my first reaction was, Holy shit.
The 2020 project
In June 2020, the World Economic Forum launched the Great Reset, an initiative that called for a more sustainable and inclusive economic recovery after COVID-19.
The Great Reset is like a company rebooting its software after a system crash: it was an initiative proposed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in June 2020 to rebuild the global economy more sustainably and inclusively following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Later that year, Edward Riordan, Dick Allgire, Hitomi Akamatsu and I worked on a remote viewing project about it for the team now known as Future Forecasting Group.
The tasking covered the objectives of the reset, when it would peak, how it would be implemented and who would be involved. One part asked us to move forward in time and look back at the events that would come to define it. That was where the scene with the speaker emerged in my session.
The scene I described
In the debrief, recorded on 7 October 2020, I described a male leader speaking from a raised platform during a televised event. I reported a loud bang, a young male gunman and people in the crowd fleeing.
On 13 July 2024, a 20-year-old gunman opened fire while Donald Trump was speaking at a campaign rally in Butler. A bullet struck Trump’s ear, and one attendee, Corey Comperatore, was killed. As Secret Service agents surrounded Trump, he raised his fist. Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci captured the moment, with blood on Trump’s face and an American flag overhead. As a photographer, I’m struck by how much of the public memory of that day comes down to a single frame.
Looking back through the session, I can see why Butler came to mind. The raised platform, the televised speech, the gunfire and the age of the gunman form a striking cluster of similarities. My timing was off. I’d put the event around 2020 or 2021, and several details I gave about the gunman’s appearance differed from the public record. The published debrief describes the speaker as a male leader, identifying him as Trump is part of my retrospective comparison.
Pages/Sketches are from Daz Smith 2020 Blind RV session.
Looking back from October 2026
What stayed with me was the wording of the task. We were asked to look back from the future at a defining event. In hindsight, I can see why Butler felt like one. Political analysts, news outlets, and voter data indicate that the July 13, 2024 assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, played a notable role in energizing Donald Trump’s campaign and influencing a segment of the electorate. However, it was one of several major developments—including Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the race—that shaped the 2024 presidential election.
According to exit polling from AP VoteCast and Fox News Voter Analysis, 16% of 2024 election voters identified the assassination attempts against Trump as the single most important factor in their vote. Within that specific group, 81% voted for Trump.
Reporting by The Hill and The Jerusalem Post notes that the shooting galvanized Republican voters, reinforcing a narrative of resilience and survival among his supporters.
I’m still thinking about how that scene fits the wider Great Reset tasking. For me, the strongest comparison is with the scene itself. The connection to the broader initiative is harder to pin down.
I’d completely forgotten this session. That’s what made it so strange to watch it back. There I was in 2020, describing a male leader, I even named TRUMP speaking from a raised platform, a sudden bang and a crowd scattering. Four years later, I saw a scene like that play out in Butler. Now another two years later and only when someone showed me the old recording that I put the two together. Nearly thirty years into remote viewing, it still gives me goosebumps.
