Editing Quisling (section)

==21st century==
In the early 21st century, the term demonstrated continued currency as it was used by some American writers to describe President [[Donald Trump]] and his associates based on the idea that Russia interfered with the 2016 U.S. presidential election in favor of Donald Trump.<ref>{{Citation |title=Report of the Select Committee on Intelligence United States Senate on Russian Active Measures Campaigns and Interference in the 2016 U.S. Election |url=https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Report_Volume1.pdf |volume=1}}</ref> For example, in a June 2018 ''[[New York Times]]'' column, [[Paul Krugman]] called US President Trump a "quisling", in reference to what Krugman described as Trump's "serv[ing] the interests of foreign masters at his own country's expense" and "defend[ing] Russia while attacking our closest allies".<ref name=Krugman/> Other publications also applied the term. For instance, [[Joe Scarborough]] in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' ("These are desperate times for the quislings of Trump"),<ref name=Scarborough/> [[Rich Lowry]] in ''[[Politico]]'' ("The [[GOP]] elite... is the quisling establishment"),<ref name=Lowry/> former [[United States Mint]] director [[Philip N. Diehl]] in ''[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]'' ("The historical reference that more aptly applies to pro-Trump Republicans is that of the Quislings"),<ref name=Diehl/> David Driesen in ''[[History News Network]]'' ("Trump seeks a government of quislings"),<ref name=Driessen/> [[Dick Polman]] on [[NPR]] station [[WHYY-FM]] ("Ever since last summer, most Republicans have marinated in their cowardice... The next step toward home-grown tyranny – the quisling phase – has already begun"),<ref name=Polman/> and so forth.

On 7 July 2020, Lord [[Chris Patten]], former governor of Hong Kong, described [[Carrie Lam]], the [[Chief Executive of Hong Kong]] as a "lamentable Quisling figure in Hong Kong's history".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Davidson|first=Helen|date=2020-07-07|title=Hong Kong police given sweeping powers under new security law|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/07/hong-kong-police-given-sweeping-powers-under-new-security-law|access-date=2020-07-11|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Tan|first=Huileng|date=2020-07-08|title=China has set out to 'destroy the Hong Kong which has been so successful for decades,' city's last governor says|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/08/hong-kongs-last-governor-chris-patten-on-chinas-security-law-for-hk.html|access-date=2020-07-11|website=CNBC|language=en}}</ref> On 10 February 2022, Patten expanded his use of the term ''Quislings'' to describe Lam, the [[Hong Kong Police Force]], and the [[Judiciary of Hong Kong]], during a debate on [[Nationality and Borders Act 2022|Nationality and Borders Bill]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2022-02-10/debates/F81A145A-6B3B-4824-894E-B0676740954E/NationalityAndBordersBill|title=Nationality and Borders Bill - Hansard - UK Parliament}}</ref>