<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngemva kokushona kukaJustice Antonin Scalia, uCruz wathi lowo owaphumelela okhethweni lukamongameli wase-U.S. ngo-2016, hhayi u-Obama, kufanele aqoke uMahluleli omusha. Ngo-June 2016, uCruz wasola uhulumeni ka-Obama ngokudubula e-Orlando nightclub, enombono wokuthi awuzange umlandelele kahle umenzi wobubi u-Omar Mateen ngenkathi esohlwini lokuqapha amaphekula. Ngemva kokuhlasela kwamaphekula  <response>: Ngo-Nice, eFrance, uCruz esitatimendeni wathi izwe lalisengozini ngenxa yokuthi uhulumeni ka-Obama wabe eyimpumputhe ngamabomu kumaSulumane aqine ngokweqile. Ngokudlula kukaFidel Castro ngoNovemba, uCruz wasola u-Obama ngokuhalalisela nokudumisa uCastro ezitatimendeni zomphakathi azenza ekhuluma ngokufa kwakhe. Ngo-December 28, ngemva kokuba uNobhala Wezwe uJohn Kerry enikeze inkulumo evikela isinqumo se-US sokuvumela isinqumo se-UN ukuba sidlule esilahla izindawo zokuhlala zakwa-Israyeli ezweni okwakusho ukuba yingxenye yombuso wePalestine wesikhathi esizayo, uCruz wasola inkulumo ngokuthi ihlazo, futhi wathi umlando uzokhumbula u-Obama noKerry njengezitha ezingapheli zakwa-Israyeli. UCruz waphinde wasola uhulumeni ka-Obama ngokuba ne-ajenda eqinile elwa no-Israyeli. 