🔹 Summary:
In this episode/post, we examine the gap between what right-wing voters expected when re-electing Donald Trump in 2025 and what they’ve actually experienced since his return to office. Using the THX Framework—which blends the 12 Utilities, PERMAH, and the Admiration Equation—we explore how voter expectations around security, prosperity, identity, and transformation are measured, and how emotional ROI is shaping up 90 days into the administration.
🔹 What You’ll Learn:
How Trump supporters defined success in emotional, practical, and symbolic terms
The 12 Utilities that help measure the usefulness and perceived value of leadership
Where supporters feel let down—not just in policy, but in lived experience
Why Admiration (of skill, goodness, awe, gratitude) is faltering in real-time
How PERMAH (Positive Emotion, Engagement, Relationships, Meaning, Achievement, Health) helps decode the emotional impact of civic life
Why figures like Elon Musk have lost emotional currency
What happens when transformation is promised but not delivered
🔹 Key Frameworks Used:
12 Utilities: The dimensions of usefulness that people subconsciously track in politics, leadership, and services
PERMAH: A model of human flourishing that moves us beyond survival to meaning
Admiration Equation: How people stay loyal—not just to leaders, but to movements and missions
🔹 Quotes to Highlight:
“Even symbolic wins can feel like losses when the baseline expectation was a flourishing, triumphant return to a ‘better America.’”
“The story has become more performative than purposeful—ideological purpose hasn’t translated to impact.”
🔹 Link to Read:
👉 Read the full article on Substack
🔹 Question for Listeners:
Have you ever believed something would transform your life—only to realize belief alone wasn’t enough? What would it take to feel hope again, not just win again?
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