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Taking action inspired by TV series guards, Denmark's foreign ministry has initiated a night watch unit—far from to fend off mythical foes, but to track the US president as Denmark sleeps.

The night monitoring begins at 5 p.m. local time each day and ends with a report compiled at 7am, which is then distributed across the Danish government and concerned offices detailing what was said and developments that occurred.

The role is believed to have been established following the diplomatic dispute between Copenhagen and the US over the Arctic island this spring, when the US president threatened acquiring control of the strategic island.

Observers point out that this initiative is one of several examples of how Danish diplomacy and its government administration have had to adapt to the new reality of the second Trump administration.

An insider close to the ministry stated, “It's accurate to say that the situation in Greenland and the time difference between Copenhagen and the US were a significant reason introducing this system during the spring.”

Instead of everybody having to immediately reach for their phones to catch up on news from the US, the ministry said it had made a coordinated approach to stay updated on Trump activities.

An expert, a former senior analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, commented that this move demonstrated, “as we have always known,” that the notion of the US as Denmark's largest and most important ally was no longer valid. “Alliances are founded on common values and a mutual view of threats,” he said. “The president shares neither of those with us and I would argue he lacks it with the majority of Europe.”