Actually, there's an aspect of cleverness.
I am not talking (writing) about the inclusion of shitcoins, but the fact that Trump didn't include the most expensive coins, namely BTC (and Cheatalik's coin) in the initial announcement delivered him an edge.
He (or the government) was able to buy BTC and the other coin the same minute, buying upwards into fomo-ers selling their Bitcoin (and the other one) to change for the mentioned shitcoins and thus cheaper than if he had announced the big coins together with the shitters to be added to the crypto strategic reserves.  
 
SOMA