What a lot of people here(In Ethiopia) think is, the reason Trump Admin was favoring Egypt's weak(er) negotiating position over Ethiopia and the other Nile basin countries is, he and his administration wanted to secure Egyptian support for the annexation of Palestinian territories.
If the annexation is off the table, USA will have a little less reason to use its power to pressure Ethiopia into an unfavorable agreement.
Frankly, the whole US effort was quite absurd. USA was seen very favorably but the rush to make Ethiopia the sacrificial lamb (to steal some poor people's land) is something that will have a lasting negative effect.
This article provides some background of what's going on. https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/22/trump-administration-af...