The minting amount of Tether is absurd and does have the free reign to mint how much they want. This issue was already exposed a long time ago, yet as the BTC price went up, they suddenly put up this Tether FUD news. There are some other alternative stable coins vs. USDT, and I think if you weigh in the pros and cons and with the issue of Tether right now, surely USDC and other stable coins would win.