<p><span>Earlier this week, fifty Republican national-security experts released </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/08/us/politics/national-security-letter-trump.html" target="_blank">an extraordinary public letter</a><span> condemning their party’s Presidential nominee, Donald Trump. “From a foreign policy perspective,” they wrote, “Donald Trump is not qualified to be President and Commander-in-Chief.” Michael Chertoff, the former Homeland Security Secretary and one of the signers of the letter, joins </span><em>The New Yorker</em><span>’</span><em>s</em><span> Evan Osnos to discuss the split within the national-security community, his view of Hillary Clinton, and his warnings against the risks of a Trump Presidency.</span></p>
Earlier this week, fifty Republican national-security experts released an extraordinary public letter condemning their party’s Presidential nominee, Donald Trump. “From a foreign policy perspective,” they wrote, “Donald Trump is not qualified to be President and Commander-in-Chief.” Michael Chertoff, the former Homeland Security Secretary and one of the signers of the letter, joins The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos to discuss the split within the national-security community, his view of Hillary Clinton, and his warnings against the risks of a Trump Presidency.