In the past two days, ISIS has conducted lethal suicide attacks in Jordan, Lebanon, Yemen and also, very likely, in Turkey. Referring to Tuesday's suicide bombings at the Istanbul Ataturk Airport that killed dozens, a U.S. government official told me there is "no reason to think it isn't ISIS." The official also noted that the airport is "not a typical PKK target," using the initials of a Kurdish group that also has carried out a number of recent terrorist attacks in Turkey. And Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said early signs point to ISIS. Still, ISIS has not claimed responsibility and it's not certain that it was behind the Istanbul attacks, which are the most lethal terrorist attacks ever at an airport. Istanbul Ataturk Airport has much tighter security than many other airports around the world -- but it still wasn't enough to stop terrorists from killing at least 41 people on Tuesday. Usually, passengers departing from Ataturk Airport must undergo two instances of x-ray screenings. A vehicle checkpoint is also stationed about 500 meters from the international terminal. The international arrival hall however, does not have this same level of security -- and is where two of the three suicide bombers are believed to have entered the building. READ MORE: How did attackers get past security? How does this setup compare to airports around the world -- and where are some of the soft spots when it comes to aviation security? President Barack Obama sought to reassure his counterparts in Canada and Mexico Wednesday that a potential Donald Trump presidency wouldn't throw cross-border ties into turmoil, even as he pushed back on the GOP candidate's platform. Expressing confidence that immigration wouldn't be shut off and trade deals would persist, Obama argued against the type of protectionist policies that Trump has espoused on the campaign trail. And he cast the presumptive GOP nominee as a failed historical archetype. "We've had times throughout our history where anti-immigration sentiment is exploited by demagogues," Obama said. "The language is identical. But guess what? They kept coming, and they kept coming because America offered possibility for their children and grandchildren." Convening a final North American leaders' summit even as the U.S. presidential contest throws crucial cross-border issues into dispute, Obama and his counterparts discussed trade, security and climate change during a day of talks in the Canadian capital. But during an afternoon press conference, Trump was the topic du jour. Reporters quizzed Obama, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extensively about the candidate's vow to construct a border wall and withdraw from free trade deals. Obama's visit comes just a day after Trump lambasted the agreements that have linked the U.S. and its northern and southern neighbors in tight trade ties, vowing to withdraw from the much-maligned NAFTA agreement while insisting he'd also scuttle Obama's proposed replacement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership. Expected Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton also now opposes TPP. "The prescription of withdrawing from trade deals and focusing solely on your local market, that's the wrong medicine," Obama said Wednesday, acknowledging fears of globalization were well founded. "What we have seen are trend lines of growing inequality and stagnant wages and a smaller share of growth going to workers and a larger portion going to the top," Obama said. "That's a real problem."
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