It's Trump's platform, with a dose of DeSantis

• Trump has meshed some of his long-held views — notably immigration crackdowns — with themes he's picked up along the way, including from a foe he blistered with insults.

Zoom in: Even before DeSantis announced his presidential run in May 2023, Trump had sized up the Florida governor as his most worthy challenger for the GOP nomination.

• So Trump went on the attack, criticizing DeSantis' record in Florida and musing about his "less-than-average numbers on COVID, crime and education," while declaring that "Florida was doing GREAT long before DeSanctis [Trump shorthand for 'DeSanctimonious'] got there."

Trump gradually has taken a few pages from DeSantis' playbook on issues that resonate with the far right.

• Last year he revealed an education plan with a proposal for a "Parental Bill of Rights." It calls for more federal influence in how public schools are run, and for cutting funds to schools that teach "gender ideology."
• Months earlier, DeSantis had signed a "Parental Rights in Education" bill with provisions that banned talk about gender and sexuality in
  schools.
• Today, "defund schools" is one of Trump's go-to phrases when he talks about his plans for a second term, an Axios analysis found.

Zoom out: Last year, Florida became the first state to ban the use of central bank digital currencies (CBDC's) when DeSantis signed legislation that revised the state's definition of money.

• Months later, Trump pledged to prohibit the Federal Reserve from creating a CBDC. More recently he's made favorable comments about crypto currencies, which typically aren't regulated by a central bank.

In March, DeSantis signed a bill that revoked squatters' rights in Florida. Videos of squatters refusing to leave homes had become a staple of right-wing social media, often cast as examples of chaos in Democrat-run cities.

• At a campaign rally five days after DeSantis signed the bill, Trump promised to do the same on the federal level.
• "I will take aggressive action to end radical Democrat lunacy known as squatters' rights," Trump said in Green Bay, Wis. "They want to squat into your house... I mean, they're actually going into a house and you can't get them out."

Reality check: The copycatting cuts both ways.

• During his presidential campaign, DeSantis pitched himself as a more competent leader who could better execute the same policies Trump has proposed — but with less drama.
• DeSantis talked frequently about finishing Trump's border wall, one of Trump's signature ideas.
• Other aspects of DeSantis' immigration platform — ending catch and release (the practice of releasing migrants into the U.S. while they await court hearings), using lethal force at the Southwest border and ending birthright citizenship — were hallmarks of Trump's plan.

One notable exception where Trump and DeSantis have staked out different positions: abortion.

• DeSantis signed a six-week abortion ban in Florida and supported a 15-week national ban.
• Trump opposes a national ban and says regulating abortion be should be left to the states rather than the federal government.
• Despite taking credit for appointing three conservative Supreme Court justices who helped overturn abortion rights under Roe v. Wade in 2022, Trump is wary of the political backlash that's hit Republicans since then. He isn't eager to push a federal ban.

What they're saying: "President Trump has released the most detailed policy plan of any campaign, and Agenda 47 lays out the priorities of a second term when he returns to the White House, communications director Steven Cheung told Axios.

• "Thats why voters are resoundingly supporting this campaign because they want a return to a booming economy, a secure border, and America being respected on the world stage."
• DeSantis' office did not respond to a request for comment.