# If Donald Trump Owned the Atmosphere

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 1, 2007, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-owned-the-atmosphere/406337 "2007-06-01T13:57:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-owned-the-atmosphere/406337/21 "2007-06-06T03:37:01Z")

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[QUOTE=Hampshire]  
It would be called the “Trumposphere” and would be the greatest atmosphere in history!  
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The gold-tinted sky would get boring fast, though.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-owned-the-atmosphere/406337/22 "2007-06-06T07:34:29Z")

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> What’s the penalty for exceeding your allotted share of pollutants?

You lose all rights to use the atmosphere. Good luck on that breathing issue.

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**Author:** ![ZomZom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zomzom/32/5620_2.png) [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-donald-trump-owned-the-atmosphere/406337/23 "2007-06-07T17:40:39Z")

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Great responses, thanks all. I think Lemur summarized the situation well. Sometimes you just have to be a pragmatist after all.

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