Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei irava - I muri i te matenga o te Kaiwhakahaere Whakawa Antonin Scalia, i kii a Cruz ko te toa o te kowhiringa perehitini o te US 2016, kaua ko Obama, me whakatu he Kaiwhakawa hou. I te Pipiri 2016, i whakapae a Cruz i te kawanatanga o Obama mo te pupuhi o te karapu po o Orlando, me te whakaaro kaore i whai tika i te kaipahua a Omar Mateen i a ia i runga i te raarangi tirotiro-porohita. Whai muri i te whakaeke kaiwhakatuma
I Nice, France, ka mea a Cruz i roto i tētahi tauākī e tūpono ana te whenua hei hua o te whakahaere Obama e whai ana i te "mata matapo" ki nga Ihirama whakahē. I te matenga o Fidel Castro i Whiringa-a-rangi, i whakapae a Cruz ki a Obama mo te whakanui me te whakapakari i a Castro i roto i nga korero a te iwi i tukuna e ia mo te mate. I te 28 o Tihema, i muri i te korero a te Hekeretari o te Kawanatanga a John Kerry e tiaki ana i te whakatau a te US ki te tuku i tetahi whakataunga a te UN kia paahitia nga whakataunga a Iharaira "i runga i te whenua hei waahanga o te kawanatanga o Palestine a muri ake nei", ka whakahe a Cruz i te korero hei "he mea whakarihariha", me te kii ko te hitori ka mahara ki a Obama me Kerry hei "hoa kino o Iharaira". I whakapae ano a Cruz i te tari Obama mo te whai i te "aronga nui anti-Israel".