Watch the videos.
2016:
https://www.thestreet.com/video/13870141/jim-cramer-says-qualcomm-s-deal-for-nxp-is-quot-brilliant-quot-stock-can-go-higher.html
"Qualcomm goes from being a cell phone semiconductor company to be a company that is Internet of Things, auto, and cell phone not unlike what happened with Broadcom, Avago. So it joins that high-growth contingent; it's a brilliant move for Qualcomm. Qualcomm can go much higher."
2018:
https://www.thestreet.com/video/jim-cramer-reveals-what-is-driving-qualcomm-stock-buybacks-14711329
"Had [Qualcomm] been able to complete that deal, [they] would have been too levered to auto and we know anything levered to auto is the kiss of death,"