and the question was, when he ditches the conservative pundit persona that he used throughout "the colbert report," is he going to be able to consistently amuse people and be outrageous. >> you, donald trump, are a horrible, horrible human being. >> by february, colbert edged out longtime 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, he's producing raw material.