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Sidney Blumenthal is a former journalist, senior adviser to President Bill Clinton, and author. You also might remember him as the subject of Donald Trump's derision during the 2016 presidential campaign, during which Blumenthal advised Hillary Clinton.

He’s in Louisville to talk at the main library Tuesday about his new book on Abraham Lincoln.

Blumenthal spoke with WFPL Morning Edition host Bill Burton about the current state of politics in America as well as Lincoln and his ties to Kentucky.