Clippers owner Steve Ballmer sends open letter for Trump aide Linda McMahon to stop cuts in education

Steve Ballmer has his hands full as the Los Angeles Clippers prepare for their first-round matchup against the Denver Nuggets. However, the Clippers owner took the time to send a message to Education Secretary Linda McMahon regarding the Trump administration's efforts to cut education research.

At the direction of Donald Trump, McMahon has made cuts to the resources and manpower dedicated to education, reducing one agency from 100 to three employees, according to Front Office Sports. When Trump began his second term at the beginning of the year, one of his main goals was to shrink the Department of Education as much as possible.

Steve Ballmer sent his letter to McMahon right after the Clippers secured the fourth seed in the Western Conference with a win over the Golden State Warriors on April 13. In the letter, Ballmer stressed the importance of collecting education statistics to make informed decisions, critiquing McMahon's willingness to go back on what she said was important.

"When Secretary McMahon was sworn in to lead the Department of Education, she outlined a goal to ‘send education back to the states and empower all parents to choose an excellent education for their children,’” Ballmer said in his letter. “Without passing judgement on any administration’s education policy, there is a key component that states, school districts, and parents need to make those fundamental decisions: data.”

Steve Ballmer has been one of many major figures who have questioned the goals of the Trump administration.

Steve Ballmer has spent millions developing a site that monitors government data

Steve Ballmer has spent $10 million on a non-profit called USAFacts since launching it in 2017. The site is dedicated to providing users with reports on U.S. government data with the goal of keeping people informed without any outside influence.

“We don't make predictions and we don’t speculate on causes,” Ballmer said about the non-profit. “We focus on providing Americans with clear, nonbiased numbers.”

Steve Ballmer's company is one of many that have been introduced over the past few years to report accurate information about government data.

Ballmer is widely known as one of the more energetic owners in the NBA and he is committed to causes outside the world of basketball.