Laminate is simple to work with....
.. and yes, your trimmer is great for the job. I have used laminate for eons. If you are covering something with laminate, you simply contact cement the lam to the substraight and flush trim. Then file five degrees off the edge. You can use a plunge bit with a straight edge, a reverse tooth blade* in a jig saw, or rip it with a carbide, 45 +tooth combination blade. * I don't know why more people don't use a reverse blade in their jig saw, anyway. I fine it clumsey to cut work upside down.