"ingenuity" = clever, imaginative.
SpaceX / Elon Musk Theory: POTUS is telling us that NASA is fake. However, he's doing it with a wink, because we want kids to think it's real. It's important to spark the imagination of the next generation of American engineers.
So as the exposure of the lies marches forward, it might serve our best interest to let NASA stay "real", for the kids. In the same vein as Santa Claus. When they reach a certain age, they will learn the truth about space / NASA.