Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal ruthlessly turned on Donald Trump, using the newest Nobel Prize winners to deliver a sharp rebuke to his immigration crackdown.

In a blistering editorial, the Journal’s editorial board linked Trump’s policies to what it called a short-sighted effort to choke off the innovation that keeps the U.S. globally competitive.

The assessment comes ahead of Friday’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement, for which President Donald Trump has campaigned loudly.

“Welcoming immigrants to the U.S. is out of fashion on the political right these days, even for those who enter the U.S. legally,” the board wrote. “That’s short-sighted for America’s future prosperity, as this week’s news about the annual Nobel Prize winners in the sciences shows again.”

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