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Great question. A whole slew of events transpired between that statement and the current state of the Empire in Skyrim.

I would have to say that he's probably pretty pissed that things went down the way they did. I can't imagine he'd be overly pleased that Mer have outlawed his acknowledgement as divine. You may be able to make a case that he's ok with the fall of the Empire. I get the feeling that from Wulf's statement in Morrowind, Tamriel seems ready for a change in government (maybe wanting something more unified; Talos the Unifier). But I think that saying he's anything but outraged at his being outlawed, is a stretch.

I had always thought that this provided an interesting layer to the Stormcloak rebellion. If Talos came back to influence this war, who would he side with? Would he side with the Empire, help keep it unified and push out the now installed Altmer? Or the Stormcloaks, and attempt to forge a new Empire? Maybe not a new Empire, but at least a Talos worshipping state. Keeping in mind that he doesn't have any real connection to Skyrim (other than most Talos worshippers reside there) and that the Empire he created has now forsaken him, certainly leaves things open to interpretation.