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He could have left the Ring at Barad-dur, where the Nazgul could be trusted with such security, quite effectively. He sent them to hunt down the Ring in the FoTR, because he trusted them in just this way
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He could control them. "Trust" had nothing to do with it.
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What troubles me with this question: Is did he really use it to seduce the Numenoreans?
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Indirectly: since much of his (spiritual?) strength was invested in the ring (in order to be able to control the other rings), without it being to hand he would have had a much harder time bending the strong-willed Numenorians to his ends.