Back in 2010, private-equity chief Stephen Schwarzman joined an illustrious group of people who liken taxation to the worst excesses of Adolf Hitler. In this instance, it was the possibility of President Barack Obama raising taxes on private-equity firms like Schwarzman's Blackstone that struck him as having strong parallels to some stuff that went down during WWII. “It’s a war,” Schwarzman told a room full of nonprofit boardmembers. “It’s like when Hitler invaded Poland in 1939.” In the end, Obama never actually closed the loophole on carried interest, which could have increased the taxes on private equity profits to around 35 percent from 15 percent, and threatened Schwarzman’s ability to keep himself in $400 stone crabs. But apparently the mere thought of the president thinking such things stuck with the billionaire, who never quite warmed to the guy. Donald Trump, though? Whose top adviser reportedly refused to let his daughters go to schools that had too many Jewish kids? Schwarzman is welcoming him with open arms.

Schwarzman, 69, is one of the first private equity executives to speak publicly about his outlook after votes were tallied on Nov. 8, saying he’s “excited” about the prospects for economic growth in the U.S. and expects the business community to look “infinitely better” in the next few years. The traditionally Republican donor has criticized the build-up in government regulation under President Barack Obama, saying stricter guidelines have suppressed access to credit for businesses and hampered productivity. Going forward, the business community will become “front and center,” Schwarzman said.

For those silently judging, get in touch with Schwarzman's private chef, sample the crabs, and then try to tell us you wouldn’t be in favor of anything that’d help you preserve your $10.2 billion net worth and expensive shellfish habit, too.