Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan mutuwar Mataimakin Alkalin Antonin Scalia, Cruz ya ce wanda ya lashe zaben shugaban kasa na Amurka na 2016, maimakon Obama, ya kamata ya nada sabon Alkalin. A watan Yunin 2016, Cruz ya zargi gwamnatin Obama da harbi a gidan wasan dare na Orlando, yana mai cewa ba ta bi diddigin mai laifin Omar Mateen yadda ya kamata ba yayin da yake cikin jerin masu lura da 'yan ta'adda. Bayan harin ta'addanci
A Nice, Faransa, Cruz ya ce a cikin wata sanarwa cewa kasar na cikin hadari sakamakon gwamnatin Obama da ke da "makantar da hankali" ga masu tsattsauran ra'ayi na Islama. Tare da wucewar Fidel Castro a watan Nuwamba, Cruz ya zargi Obama da yin bikin da kuma lionizing Castro a cikin maganganun jama'a da ya yi game da mutuwar. A ranar 28 ga Disamba, bayan Sakataren Harkokin Wajen John Kerry ya ba da jawabi yana kare shawarar Amurka don ba da izinin ƙudurin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya don wucewa wanda ya la'anci ƙauyukan Isra'ila "a kan ƙasar da ake nufi ya zama wani ɓangare na jihar Palasdinawa ta gaba", Cruz ya la'anci jawabin a matsayin "abin kunya", kuma ya ce tarihi zai tuna da Obama da Kerry a matsayin "abokan gaba na Isra'ila". Cruz kuma ya zargi gwamnatin Obama da samun "tsattsauran ra'ayi na adawa da Isra'ila".