Talk:Theodore Roosevelt vs Winston Churchill/Rap Meanings/@comment-72.82.176.43-20161229022918

"I'll bust a trust fund lush with my American muscles."

(To add to what's already there) When Roosevelt's presidency began in 1901, much of the US economy was dominiated by corporate trusts like Standard Oil and U.S. Steel, which held signifcant monopolistic power in their markets and frequently used anticompetitive practices to maintain that power. During his tenure, Roosevelt aggressively pushed to bust them (break them into smaller companies) via the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.