According to Axios, the Trump administration argued in a Monday court filing that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts must undergo proposed renovations and receive a cash infusion to survive. The Justice Department said an order blocking the board from appropriately recognizing President Trump would cause donors to flee, financial contributions to dry up, and structural rehabilitation to stop. The filing said the center would otherwise deteriorate into an unsafe, decrepit structure that would need to be taken down, and it suggested the venue could eventually be replaced with a large outdoor amphitheater overlooking the Potomac River.