PGP is more famous for "web of trust" topologies, not chains of trust.
For all of their nerd cred, key parties didn't accomplish very much (as evidenced by the fact that nothing on the Internet really broke when the WoT imploded a few years ago[1]). The "real" solution here is mostly cultural: treating third-party software like the risky thing it actually is, rather than a free source of pre-screened labor.
[1]: https://inversegravity.net/2019/web-of-trust-dead/