Elon Musk says FEMA blocking, confiscating aid then claim it is their aid

[Maxmars]

Between FEMA situation and that order on Private Drone Operations,
Buttigieg’s order grounding private drone flights in Hurricane Helene flood rescue zones crashes and burns: ‘You’re hiding something’ (msn.com)

It really does look like the government is trying to hide the actual death numbers and try to come out looking like the heroes by blocking any assistance by private entities from helping out. 

This is strait out of CCP playbooks; Hide the real damage and deaths, prevent others from helping and rescuing, force the media to report how great the governments response was.

I can't say that I disagree, except for one point.

I think this isn't really a "CCP playbook" thing... this is what any organization will do to protect and aggrandize itself... which has the added benefit of evoking exploitation and political profit...

Churches, charitable organizations, civic activists, political aspirants, and even some commercially-motivated folks have done this throughout history in different ways, but all to the same effect.

It's almost as if they want to spawn conspiracy theory as a smoke screen... as a wise member once said... "Hmmm."