Cika wannan jumla: Ba da daɗewa ba bayan Obama ta
a rantsar da shi a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2009, masu sharhi sun fara yin hasashe game da fitowar wata koyarwar Obama ta musamman a aikace. An ba da shawarar rufe cibiyar tsare Amurka a Guantanamo Bay, da kin amincewa da kalmar "Yakin Duniya kan Ta'addanci", da sulhu da Rasha ta hanyar watsi da shirin makamai masu linzami a Poland da Jamhuriyar Czech, an dauki alamun bayyananniyar juyawa daga ka'idodin gwamnatin Bush. Masu sukar, kamar Pat Buchanan, da sauri suka yi ba'a da waɗannan manufofin kuma suka soki su don raunana dangantakar Amurka da kasashen waje. A cikin wata sanarwa, Buchanan ya yi jayayya cewa Obama "yana ba da matsayi mai kyau ga gwamnatoci da ƙasashe waɗanda ba su cancanci hakan ba".