They both look like they could kick my ass equally quickly.
You must be new here, newfriend. We certainly don't talk like that around here.
Using Jones first also gives it the effect of no longer being "unprecedented" when they start banning non-controlled ops across social platforms.
Keep in mind, people like Alex weasel their way into networks to get as much influence as possible. POTUS was a good friend of Jones, too, it doesn't mean that POTUS necessarily knew who was funding Jones. The fact that the scope reaches "10s of millions" is probably a six degrees of kevin bacon kind of thing.
Good digs, though.