I don't believe that they were ALL of them deceived. Surely at least one mortal man felt Sauron trying to rule him and was like, heyyy.

he DOES care about me, mom. see, he gave me this ring.

They were men, right?

Some of the responses to this leads me to believe that some of you don't understand the significance of hey with three 'y's.

Were it me, I would simply not be deceived

Big "everyone supported the Iraq invasion" energy if you ask me

It was this guy.

I’m thinking most if not all the mortal kings felt that way but were seduced anyways by the power Sauron offered

Khamûl just goes along to get along

According to the lore, Sauron was actually pretty fly before the, you know, bad stuff happened

This is the beginning of the Tolkien equivalent of “The Life of Brian”.