The Trump administration's newly issued directive on cybersecurity policy for outer space is another small step towards taking cyber threats to U.S. space systems seriously.

In the case of Buhari’s visit, the fact that the president of Africa’s most populous country is visiting Washington may be more important to strengthening the U.S.-Africa relationship than any discussion of policy during the trip. 

There seems to be a general consensus that the White House's new cyber strategy is a continuation of existing policy. However, the us-versus-them approach the strategy takes could pose a problem. 

The president has selected the nation’s premier champion of a narrow, defensive, and ultimately self-defeating approach to the U.S. role in the world.