re: #192 Decatur Deb

Virtually all soldiers are covered by very low-cost Soldiers’ Group Life Insurance in levels ranging from 50-400K. The issue isn’t money.

Well…….apparently the father made a comment to the yam that the benefits were going to his ex-wife

In his call with Trump, Baldridge, a construction worker, expressed frustration with the military’s survivor benefits program. Because his ex-wife was listed as their son’s beneficiary, she was expected to receive the Pentagon’s $100,000 death gratuity — even though “I can barely rub two nickels together,” he told Trump.

The president’s response shocked him.

“He said, ‘I’m going to write you a check out of my personal account for $25,000,’ and I was just floored,” Baldridge said.