Much to the relief of Americans, the first doses of a coronavirus vaccine are being prepared to be shipped to communities across the nation. This is President Donald Trump's chance to mark a historic milestone for science and show some sort of leadership in blocking the spread of the deadly pathogen. Instead, the president is self-sabotaging.

Trump is not only distracting Americans from the notable accomplishment for his administration by spreading more disinformation about the election but is also considering firing Attorney General William Barr. This is partly because the 70-year-old attorney did not provide details about the federal investigation into Hunter Biden's business before the election.

This is particularly annoying to the president because Hunter is the son of the President-elect Joe Biden, to whom he lost the 2020 U.S. election. Trump spent his weekend slashing at Barr on Twitter instead of focusing on saving American lives amid the still raging pandemic. Trump reiterated his truisms about he treats his allies in politics and business - everyone is expendable if they fail to follow his orders, CNN reported.

Barr described Trump's attacks on him as a "deposed king ranting" after Trump hinted at the possibility of firing him, according to Independent. In his tweet, Trump described Barr as a big disappointment after learning that the Department for Justice had launched an investigation into Hunter's taxes in 2018, but remained mum about the investigation until after the election. 

CNN's Maeve Reston accused Trump of treating the Justice Department as if it were a group of his own personal lawyers, trying to pressure them into launching investigations on his political enemies while exhibiting utter lack of respect for the department's historic independence from politics. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he was disappointed that Barr remained tight-lipped about the investigation before the election, insisting that Barr should have stepped up.

A longtime Trump loyalist, Barr has taken several questionable steps on the president's behalf, but he infuriated the president in an interview with Associated Press where he admitted that he did not see evidence to support Trump's claims of widespread election fraud. To make things worse, Trump found that Barr stuck to the Justice Department precedent that it should refrain from taking clear actions that could affect an election, and therefore opted not to reveal details about the investigation into Hunter's under wraps before Nov. 3.