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President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. Evan Vucci\/AP<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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President-elect Donald Trump and @realDonaldTrump are contradicting each other.<\/p>\n

Wednesday afternoon, Trump emerged from his Mar-a-Lago resort to tell reporters that he and President Obama had spoken on the phone and had “a very nice conversation.”<\/p>\n

“I appreciate that he called me,” Trump said.<\/p>\n

The comment came hours after Trump blasted Obama on Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory President O statements and roadblocks.Thought it was going to be a smooth transition – NOT!<\/p>\n

\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

But asked by reporters Wednesday afternoon how that transition was going, Trump said, “I think very, very smoothly. Very good. You don’t think so?” (A “not” was not forthcoming in real life.)<\/p>\n

The Obama tiff \u2014 or non-tiff, depending on which Trump you listen to \u2014 is the latest sign of a disparity between Trump’s public statements and his social media statements.<\/p>\n

There’s long been a serious personal rift between the two, but with Trump set to take the oath of office in less than a month, the stakes are higher<\/a>. Presidents’ words move markets and can create global tension.<\/p>\n

Take Trump’s recent tweet about nuclear weapons<\/a>, which quickly ricocheted around the world despite Trump aides’ efforts to minimize the importance of the statement.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday Trump also highlighted a Japanese tech mogul’s plans to create 8,000 new jobs in the U.S.<\/p>\n

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