Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mukupera kwaNdira 2017, Cruz akarumbidza mumiriri weDare Repamusorosoro Neil Gorsuch se "anopenya uye ane tarenda kwazvo" muchirevo chakanyorwa. Musi waFebruary 23, achitaura pa2017 CPAC, Cruz akaratidza kufarira kusarudzwa kwaTrump kwemutongi wechidiki muforoma yaScalia naClarence Thomas. Musi waMarch 1, akadana hurukuro yaTrump kuCongress zuva rakapfuura kuti "yakanaka" uye "inobatanidza". Cruz akati panguva yaakashanyira Mar-a-Lago estate musi wa 18 Kurume, akataura nevashandi vaTrump panguva yavaiita nhaurirano dzeAmerican Health Care Act. Musi waApril 6, nguva pfupi pashure pokurwiswa nemaroketi eShayrat
, akabudisa chirevo achiratidza kufarira kwake kuti Trump akumbire kuCongress kuti atore "chiito chemauto muSyria" kudzivirira magandanga eIslam kuwana zvombo zvakachengetwa muSyria.