I think you misread that - I don’t think the wiki says that, and the CPI’s own site says “100 is very clean and 0 is highly corrupt”

actually I apologise and take that back, you are in fact correct - I now see that there’s two different numbers: firstly the CPI score, which for the US in 2025 is 64/100 - this is the one where “100 is very clean and 0 is highly corrupt”. Secondly there’s the ranking, which is how a country’s score places it in relation to the other 182 countries under consideration - a lower ranking means public services are more transparent than other countries. In 2025, the US was ranked at place 29.

In 2024, its score was 65, so there hasn’t been a big drop since Trump returned to the White House.

you threaten me or try to blackmail me first thing I would do is [blah blah blah]

This is just you daydreaming from the safety of your comfy armchair. Unless you’ve actually been personally harassed and threatened by agents of the state who can do pretty much whatever they want in pursuit of their goals, you can’t honestly say how you’d react.

seems to work without the “L” at the end - https://www.fosslinux.com/42630/best-cpu-stress-test-performance-benchmark-linux-tools.htm

by broomstick I hope