President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk speak with reporters in the Oval Office on Friday. The two have split sharply this week over the national debt. (Tom Brenner/For The Washington Post) By Jacob Bogage and Theodoric Meyer

President Donald Trump is pursuing an agenda that would add trillions of dollars to the soaring national debt, ignoring warnings from Wall Street, Republican deficit hawks and his outgoing cost-cutting champion. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

Though Trump ran for office in part on pledges to slash the size of the federal government and rein in the debt, his record so far has been less fiscally disciplined.

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