Former President Donald Trump claimed throughout a podcast Wednesday with former Fox Enterprise host Lou Dobbs that he was unable to get the mandatory provides to print his e-book on account of provide chain points.

Whereas the previous president by no means talked about a e-book by identify, Trump seemed to be referring to his new publication Our Journey Collectively. The e-book accommodates over 300 photos of Trump's time as president, and the writer referred to as it his "first official e-book since leaving the White Home."

"I simply did a e-book, which could be very profitable, they bought 240,000 copies and we simply ordered one other 240,000, I suppose, or extra," Trump informed Dobbs. "The writer, the printer, who is among the greatest within the nation, I believe he stated he has eight vegetation, he stated, nicely we've one downside—we will not get paper, we will not get ink."

"We will not get glue," Trump added. "We will not get leather-based for the covers. [The publisher] stated, 'I have been doing this for 40 years, I've by no means had an issue getting something.'"

Hardcover copies of Our Journey Collectively are listed on Amazon for $160 and on Trump's official bookselling web site for $75. A signed copy of the e-book can also be listed on the previous president's web site for $230.

Nonetheless, no model of the e-book with a leather-bound cowl appeared to exist on-line, as Trump claimed.

The books haven't begun to ship, however the former president's web site is promoting a February supply for present orders.

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Former President Donald Trump informed former Fox Enterprise persona Lou Dobbs that he was unable to safe primary workplace provides for his upcoming e-book. He additionally made a variety of different claims relating to points with the provision chain within the U.S. Right here, Trump might be seen at a rally in Arizona in January 2022. Mario Tama/Getty

The writer that Trump is seemingly referring to, Successful Staff Publishing, was co-founded in 2021 by his son, Donald Trump Jr. It calls itself "the nation's premier conservative publishing home."

Our Journey Collectively is at present the one e-book listed on the market by the publishing home. It's unclear when extra titles will grow to be out there.

Past talking about his e-book, Trump talked to Dobbs concerning the state of the financial system. He notably claimed that the financial provide chain was one thing that most individuals did not find out about earlier than President Joe Biden took workplace.

"Effectively, no person ever even heard the time period provide chain," Trump informed Dobbs. "The provision chain, it was automated. It simply was embedded. It was embedded in a free nation, in a democracy. It was embedded in our nation."

"We did not sit round speaking concerning the provide chain," Trump continued. "Now, that is abruptly, that is all, the 2 phrases individuals are utilizing most as a result of you'll be able to't get something."

That is even if important provide chain points did have an effect on the financial system through the starting of the pandemic, when Trump was nonetheless in workplace, in line with Enterprise Insider. This included reported points with the manufacturing of medical provides and tools.

Because the podcast went on, Trump spoke to Dobbs concerning the present points with groceries in the USA.

"Massive grocery shops, massive chains, they've empty cabinets. Sixty, 70 % of their cabinets are empty in some instances," Trump claimed. "In some instances greater than that. They can not get meals, they cannot get clothes."

Nonetheless, Geoff Freeman, the president and CEO of the Shopper Manufacturers Affiliation, informed the Related Press on January 11 that the speed of unavailable items for grocers was round 15 %. Underneath regular, pre-pandemic circumstances, Freeman said that that quantity was sometimes from 5 to 10 %.

Newsweek has reached out to former President Trump's group for remark.