In France we had an ex-president in prison not long ago. Because he was condemned for corruption and receiving money from Muammar Gaddafi. So yeah corruption will always be there to some extent.

The very concerning thing for the US is that this corruption at the top is getting widespread and there will be a point where it will be completely self sustaining. And the American justice system seems to be completely unable to push back on it. Even worse its starting to get corrupted itself with the “anti-weaponization fund” attempt.