add-hook is a function, so all of its args are evaluated before it does its thing (using their values).

The value of the sexp you passed as its second arg is the symbol delete-trailing-whitespace,
because the arg to when is a non-nil list (because you quoted it). So the when condition is always true.

And you never invoke function delete-trailing-whitespace; you just return the symbol that names that function.

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