?Let?s go Brandon? Santa Tracker caller insists he meant no disrespect to Biden

The caller who ended a conversation with Joe Biden with the rightwing meme "Let's go Brandon" - which means "fuck Joe Biden" - has insisted he was joking and meant no disrespect to the president.

"At the end of the day I have nothing against Mr Biden," Jared Schmeck, 35, told the Oregonian newspaper. "But I am frustrated because I think he can be doing a better job. I mean no disrespect to him."

Schmeck, from Central Point, also said he was not a "Trumper" but rather a "free-thinking American and follower of Jesus Christ".

On Christmas Eve, the president and his wife, Dr Jill Biden, took calls to the North American Aerospace Defense Command Santa Tracker, which each year purports to follow the progress of Santa and his reindeer.

A traditional duty for American presidents, in 2018 it was nearly upended when Donald Trump told a seven-year-old belief in Santa Claus was "marginal" at that age.

Biden and Schmeck discussed presents Schmeck's four children were hoping to receive, and how one, Hunter, shared a name with the president's son and grandson. Schmeck said he was hoping for a "quiet night".

Biden sad: "Lots of luck, dad."