Good luck with that….
Civil Service was created to avoid exactly this type of thing.
It good when people trying to run our country don’t understand how it works, or why. //sarc
The article says he wants to reclassify some Civil Service positions to Political Appointee positions.
Once they are appointees, they can be axed.
Doubtless it's not a panacea, but if it could pass muster, it's certainly a step in the right direction.