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minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 days agoNo company is going to trust insurance from this administration though. That’s the problem with having a Trump who famously never pays his debts.
minus-squareGhostalmedia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days agoWhich is why I said insurance in escrow. Trump is famous for stiffing people. I’d want that money paid upfront and held in escrow by an independent financial firm in a neutral nation. If a ship gets hit, escrow pays out for the oil, the ship, and the loss of future earnings. If the ships never sink, the money goes back to the US.
minus-squareCommanderCloon@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoWhich couldn’t happen since the gvt is scrambling to get the money to prepare for tariff refunds
No company is going to trust insurance from this administration though. That’s the problem with having a Trump who famously never pays his debts.
Which is why I said insurance in escrow.
Trump is famous for stiffing people. I’d want that money paid upfront and held in escrow by an independent financial firm in a neutral nation.
If a ship gets hit, escrow pays out for the oil, the ship, and the loss of future earnings. If the ships never sink, the money goes back to the US.
Which couldn’t happen since the gvt is scrambling to get the money to prepare for tariff refunds