Lexmas ending

[Elite]

at the end of Lexmas, Lex tells that guy to "do whatever it takes to knock Jonathon Kent out of the race"

after watching Fanatic, im guessing Lex didnt mean "have Jonathon killed"?
cos thats what i thought he meant by "whatever it takes"..

[UpandAtom]

it just shows how the writers portray Lex inconsistently