if the USD is problematic, it will also affect the USDT price.
what do you think about this?
I think you are missing the idea behind a stable coin being pegged to a FIAT currency, 1 USDT will always have value approximately equal to a dollar, this makes it nonvolatile comparatively. I don't think there is any issue with USDT regarding your points, even though I understand your concerns. USDT has helped me a lot to limit loss before massive market drops since I mostly trade USDT pairs.