Morrison's twisted logic on the sports rort is perfectly Trumpian but no surprise | Greg Jericho

The cynical logic goes like this: it's in the country's interest that you stay in power, so any means to achieve that end is justified

What we are seeing across conservative governments in Australia and the USA is a meeting of minds - feeble minds perhaps but a meeting nonetheless. It is a situation where governments are viewed as above the law and people who see no problem are the ones believing their "solution" is the correct one.

In America, Donald Trump's lawyers are currently arguing in the Senate impeachment trial that if the president does it then it is not illegal, and indeed if the president determines that something is in the national interest then he should do it. And given Trump regards his re-election as in the national interest, that means he is therefore able to do whatever he wishes to ensure that happens.