Look at how he governed, the policies he pursued, the wars he got involved in, the mass deportations, the failure to end the war on drugs etc etc. He governed as a moderate Republican would. The interview is here, note how he doesn’t specifically talk about economics. Again, his landmark achievement in office was Obamacare, which took the form of a proposal by the conservative Heritage Foundation and got support from the likes of Mitt Romney.
He’s just a centre right kinda guy like his buddy Joe. Though Joe is further right.