> I think these typical slurs don't really make any sense.

Corrupt, pliable and stupid are not slurs.

> There's tremendous money and influence in opposition to things he's doing that he could easily cash in on if he wanted

Is there a Big Solar or Big Wind or Green lobby that's comparable to Big Oil? Is there a huge lobby group for national healthcare? Is there tremendous funding for anti- Big Tech and Data Center movements?

> there's basically no 'Let's go invade Iran' lobby outside of Israel, and even 'Israel' misstates that since it's mostly that nut and yahoo they have for a leader

AIPAC

> corruption is when an external power gets somebody to act in a way that they would not otherwise, in exchange for sort of personal benefit.

See Putin's Russia, the Qataris, Saudis and Emiratis funding the Trump family in exchange for a number of actions such as goading him to war against Iran, desisting from sending American supplies to Ukraine or getting the go-ahead to start a nuclear programme.