Wednesday's stronger-than-expected jobs report could be a sign of the economic renaissance President Donald Trump promised, possibly in time to save Republican congressional majorities in November. But such a dramatic political comeback would require an equally significant turnaround in public perceptions of the economy — and that is where skepticism abounds. On the same day the latest jobs numbers were released, the payroll job count for 2025 was revised downward by 1 million. Trump used such downward revisions of jobs figures announced under former President Joe Biden to sow doubt about government statistics, sacking the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for releasing what he called a "rigged" jobs report.