By Jennifer Rubin

The Washington Post reported on the horrific bombing in Turkey that killed at least 41 and injured more than 200:

"There has been no claim of responsibility. But Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the government believed the Islamic State was behind the assault at the international arrivals terminal of Istanbul's Ataturk Airport.

"Analysts also said the attack bore the hallmarks of an Islamic State operation, including the use of multiple suicide bombers and an attack on a major transportation hub serving international passengers."

This follows attacks in Turkey last October (killing 106) and July (killing 33). Former ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman explains that the Turkish government is pointing the finger at the Islamic State although Kurdish extremists cannot be ruled out.

"If it does turn out to be ISIL then Turkey's policy since 2011 of assisting Jabhat al Nusra and other Islamists while largely turning a blind eye to ISIL will be seen by many Turks as a significant factor leading to the bombings," he says. "In the past year the AK government has begun to move more aggressively against ISIL but I am afraid they are slamming the barn door after the horse is gone since there are reportedly ISIL cells all over the country."

Turkey, like France, is a NATO country, and yet the Obama administration seems no more inclined to reassess our strategy now than it did after the Paris attack. Edelman recommends a shift in approach.

"I have long advocated that a more honest dialogue with Turkey is necessary -- one that recognizes their interest in seeing the Assad regime go and protecting refugees in Syria before they cross into Turkey, which is carrying a very heavy refugee burden, but that then allows us to frankly address the government's blindspots on Islamist terrorism and the consequences of its increasing domestic authoritarianism -- namely that it is bringing about the very developments in Kurdish nationalism that it professes to fear."

Turkey is a difficult problem to address, one that would challenge any president. But the thought of Donald Trump as President Obama's successor is petrifying.

His new communications hire Jason Miller (one of the few on Sen. Ted Cruz's team to sell his soul to Trump, but not before deleting his blistering tweets criticizing Trump during the campaign) put out a vapid statement on the attack: "The terrorist threat has never been greater. Our enemies are brutal and ruthless and will do anything to murder those who do not bend to their will. We must take steps now to protect America from terrorists, and do everything in our power to improve our security to keep America safe." What might those steps be? Of course, Trump offers nothing.

Without a teleprompter, Trump sounded even worse, like an overwhelmed fifth-grader.

"Many many people killed, many many people injured," Trump said at a stop in Ohio. "Folks, there is something going on that is really really bad. It's bad, and we had better get smart, and we better get tough, or we are not going to have much of a country left. It's bad."

How did Trump and Clinton respond to the Turkey terror attack? @Phil_Mattingly reports. https://t.co/LgcGZsRxjN https://t.co/idp1se2UhR — New Day (@NewDay) June 29, 2016

This man wants to be commander in chief. Feel safer? Me neither.

Apparently Trump still has no adviser who can make him sound remotely informed on topics of grave consequence. He has not bothered to learn much of anything since starting his campaign more than a year ago. His next interviewer should press him on his "views" on Turkey. What should be our relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan? Should we be concerned about the Turkey-Russia relationship?

Moreover, the attack perfectly illustrates the monstrous stupidity of Trump's Muslim ban (or partial Muslim ban, or whatever he wants to call it). His ban would apply to Turkey's entire government, its business leaders, its military officials -- everyone.

At a time that Turkey is pleading for a unified response from the West, Trump is saying, in effect, "You're all a threat. Stay out of America." This is a dream come true for the Islamist terrorists who want to paint the West as hostile to all Muslims and to convince non-jihadist Muslims that they've been abandoned by the West.

It's also a gift to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who would be thrilled to tell Turkey it has been abandoned by the West and has no choice but to look to Moscow for "protection" (like the mob offers "protection" to business owners).

In no universe is Trump a fit commander in chief or preferable to Hillary Clinton on matters on national security. He's a menace to the United States and a fool who would play into the hands of our enemies.

Jennifer Rubin writes the Right Turn blog for The Washington Post, offering reported opinion from a conservative perspective. Find her on Twitter at @JRubinBlogger.