By 2029, much of the government’s top echelon – the most experienced and expert public servants — will have been forced out or will have fled the government voluntarily. The lower ranks will be depleted and demoralized. Fortunately, there are some options for moving quickly in the policy sphere. In planning for the post-Trump world, reformers will have a big advantage over exercises like Project 2025: instead of being run by ideologues, the planning process can call upon people who know how government works and who want to make it work better rather than destroying it.