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 long-time rival jimmy fallon when he ripped apart trump's 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.