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The Latest: Obama says he and Trump are ‘sort of opposites’

President Barack Obama waves as he steps off Air Force One as he arrives Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Jacksonville, Fla. Obama is going to a staff member's wedding. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Barack Obama waves as he steps off Air Force One as he arrives Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017, in Jacksonville, Fla. Obama is going to a staff member's wedding. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on President-elect Donald Trump (all times EST):

9 a.m.

President Barack Obama says he and President-elect Donald Trump are “sort of opposites in some ways.”

In an interview with ABC’s “This Week,” Obama singles out their contrasting approaches to policy matters.

Obama puts himself on the “policy wonk” end of the spectrum. On Trump, he says: “I think that he has not spent a lot of time sweating the details.”