Stephen Portnoy
speaker
244 appearances
4 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2026
last heard 2d ago
Stephen Portnoy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's about how they're gonna honor President Trump as they do it.
And what they've said in court documents and what administration officials have said out loud is that this idea of honoring the president is so personally important to him that if it isn't undertaken,
The work can't go forward.
And that is something that official Washington, that the courts are really going to have to grapple with because the president reiterated it on social media yesterday.
He said in his post, the closing will take place immediately.
However, the renovation and reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C.
Circuit—that's the appellate court—
rules on the board's approved name.
Now, the president goes on to say, if the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S.
Supreme Court, the reconstruction and renovation of the Kennedy Center will not take place.
Right.
This sounds very
center.
Well, it's really hard to know what's going to happen next.
I mean, the president has very much made his position clear.
In the broader totality, you have the president, you know, obviously building a ballroom, which also had been challenged in court, the helipad on the south lawn of the White House.
beautification of national park land here in D.C.
He wants to remake a golf course, a public golf course, so it can be PGA Tour ready.
And obviously the Kennedy Center.
Why it's so important that the president's name go on the side is hard to explain.
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