Susan Shelley: Trump’s first year back was a victory for America

A president’s second term is four years long on the calendar, but in some ways, it’s only one year. The second year is absorbed by the midterm elections for all of Congress and one-third of the Senate, and that’s not conducive to getting anything done except fundraising.

After the midterm elections are over, the focus gradually shifts to the next presidential election, and the incumbent president increasingly limps like a lame duck.

So a president who is inaugurated for a second...