Trump says his publisher Donald Trump Jr. — can't find enough paper, ink, glue, or leather to make copies of his 'very successful' photo book

• Former President Donald Trump said he couldn't find the supplies to produce his book.
• He said he was told his publisher couldn't find enough paper, ink, or leather to produce the book.

Former President Donald Trump said this week that he couldn't get enough supplies to produce his book because of ongoing supply-chain disruptions.

Trump spoke with Fox Business host Lou Dobbs on a Wednesday episode of Dobbs' podcast, "The Great America Show."

Trump, responding to a question from Dobbs about how he felt about product shortages in the US, said he faced problems printing his book because of issues with the supply chain.

"Nobody ever heard the term 'supply chain,'" Trump said. "The supply chain, it was automatic. It just was embedded. It was embedded in a free country, in a democracy. It was embedded in our country. We didn't sit around talking about the supply chain. Now all of a sudden, it's the two words people are using most because you can't get anything."

He went on to say that he was running out of supplies to produce copies of his book, "Our Journey Together."

"I just did a book, which is very successful, they sold 240,000 copies, and we just ordered another 240,000, I guess, or more," Trump said.

"The publisher, the printer, who is one of the biggest in the country, I think he said he has eight plants, he said, 'Well, we have one problem: We can't get paper. We can't get ink. We can't get glue. We can't get leather for the covers.' He said, 'I've been doing this for 40 years, I've never had a problem getting anything,'" Trump said.

Trump added that his publisher was paying "a huge premium" to get these supplies.

Trump's publisher for "Our Journey Together," Winning Team Publishing, is a company that was cofounded by his son Donald Trump Jr. in 2021. It brands itself as "the nation's premier conservative publishing house," with the mission of promoting "authors who represent the Silent Majority, America First patriots, and liberty-minded readers."

Winning Team Publishing said on its website that "every single copy of Our Journey Together is proudly printed in America." It added that "overwhelming demand and global supply chain issues" have caused production delays.

Two versions of "Our Journey Together" are available, one for $75 and a signed copy for $230. But the descriptions of both books don't appear to indicate that they are leather-bound. The book's listing on Winning Team Publishing's website said copies are scheduled to ship in February 2022.

This past June, Trump said he was "writing like crazy" and working on "the book of all books" about his presidency.

In November, he announced the book would be a coffee-table book filled with photos. Donald Trump Jr. told Axios that month: "My father picked every single photo in this book, wrote all the captions, including some by hand."