It wouldn't be trivial if it was (sic)* you or your spouse who cheated.

But that's just the point -- it wasn't him or his spouse -- nor was it any one of 300,000,000 other Americans nor their spouses. That is what does indeed make it trivial in the context of what is good for the country as a whole.

tanstaaafl.

*Element of uncertainty requires the subjunctive case, Bitt.

(and please -- let's not hijack this thread for a grammar debate, as much fun as that is!)