WASHINGTON — Neil deGrasse Tyson is a numbers and data kind of guy. And the data he presented Wednesday speaks to the absurdity of the Trump administration’s plan to cut costs by eliminating funding for a pair of cultural agencies.

Tyson pointed out in a series of tweets that the agencies’ combined budgets are roughly equivalent to what Americans spend annually on lip balm, and would fund fewer than five hours of military spending.

Not that anybody asked, but the combined Federal budgets for the NEA & NEH equals what Americans spend annually on lip balm. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 22, 2017

The annual combined Federal budgets of the NEA & NEH equals 4hrs & 23min of spending on the US Military. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 22, 2017

The famed astrophysicist also hinted at the small-mindedness of such a proposal.

Cutting the NEA & NEH to save money on a $3-trillion budget is like thinking 1/4-mile is far relative to the width of the USA — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 22, 2017

Cutting the NEA & NEH to save money on a $3-trillion budget is like thinking 3 days is long relative to an 85-year lifespan. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 22, 2017

Cutting the NEA & NEH on a $3-trillion budget is like thinking a 2-min cellphone video is large relative to a 3Tb Hard Drive. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 22, 2017

Cutting the NEA & NEH to save money on a $3-trillion budget is like thinking 1/3-inch is long relative to a football field. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 22, 2017

But he made sure to note that he was simply delivering the facts — not pushing his own political views.

Just an FYI: Try not to confuse accurate data with Politics. Politics is one's reaction to data, not the data itself. — Neil deGrasse Tyson (@neiltyson) March 22, 2017

CORRECTION: This article previously misstated how much of the federal budget is allocated to the NEA and NEH. The figure is approximately 0.01 percent, not 0.0001 percent.