This is the ratings game being played.......nothing more, nothing less.
Joe and Mika needed a boost —— the show was dying. So they attacked Trump non-stop —— as the MO to get better ratings.
And it worked.
So they’ll be praising Trump until such time as the ratings slump, again.
As a onetime reality TV star, Trump is a product of the ratings game....so he was onto the Joe/Mika MO.
That might be part of it. Part is also that they really think they've won something here with the President making nice with democrats. But I think the biggest thing is that they've been throwing everything they ca get their hands on at the President, trying to separate him from his voters. Nothing has worked. Maybe they think that praising him will infuriate his base.