>> you, donald trump, are a horrible, horrible human being. >> by february, colbert edged out long-time rival jimmy fallon, when he ripped apart trump's first solo press conference. >> to be honest, i inherited a mess. >> no, you inherited a fortune. we elected a mess. >> colbert never let up, growing more vocal and more vicious as time passed. >> i have the constitutional right to say that donald trump looks like a rotting haystack made of meat. but you cannot. >> trump gave new life to all the late-night hosts. >> he's a human what is wrong with this picture? >> trump keeps creating the material. he's like a mine producing raw material. >> he's just going to look them in the camera and say, isis, stop it. >> have you ever seen anything like this in another presidency? >> there's never been anything