I agree Trump and hegseth are good primary sources.
Yup. They are the people who are overseeing those operations. Brad Cooper (CENTCOM Commander) is also directly involved with overseeing said operations. I would consider those three people to be good primary sources for what is happening in Iran.
That doesn't mean that they're necessarily being honest (or dishonest) about what's happening, as it's difficult to know the full truth about those events unless one travels there and sees it for oneself.
So if you and i disagree on what they have said or done and you are not believing or agreeing with what i said I will use AI or google to bring in reporting, videos, facts all aggregated from multiple sources to back up my argument and i will provide it with all citations.
Feel free to do that. I'll be glad to let you know whenever AI gets it wrong.
If you are offering up what you say Trump or Hegseth did, how will you provide me anything but your 'logic' to substantiate what you said?
If Trump or Hegseth did something that is documented, I'll point directly to their documented statements. For example, if Trump gave a speech, then I will point directly to the speech (whether documented via video or transcript). If the information was posted on his Truth Social account, then I will point directly to his Truth Social account post.
What I will NOT do is point to some fake news writer's opinion about it, or to some "people familiar with the matter" that fake news claims are "in the know" about it. This is the sort of thing that AI loves to pull from and where AI tends to "get it wrong".
I want an explanation of HOW you get to the information to inform your view if you did not witness them saying it first hand either in person or a live statement on tv, etc?
It depends on the specific circumstance. If it's about something that Trump said regarding military operations in Iran, then I will go directly to Trump's full context statement itself (whether that be an interview, speech, posted video, Truth Social post, etc etc). What I will not do is go to CNN, FOX, or any other fake news website of the sort. What I will not do is go to "a source familiar with the matter".
I want to know how the not-lazy person gets to that info and data?
If CNN claims "Trump said ____________", I don't instantly take CNN's word for it. I will go to the primary source data itself (Trump's speech, Trump's Truth Social post, an official document, etc etc) to verify the veracity of CNN's claim for myself. I will verify that CNN's claim was not taken out of context or purposely omitted key information.
And i am careful about using AI and google. I ALWAYS check that they are citing the original source and with citations which i provide and that is what you complained about saying it should not be used so you are just lying now.
Including a citation to the original source is only a starting point.