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In a move inspired by TV series watches, Denmark's foreign ministry has initiated a nighttime monitoring team—not to fend off fantasy threats, but to monitor the US president as Copenhagen sleeps.

This night monitoring starts at 5 p.m. in Denmark daily and concludes with a report compiled at 7am, which is then distributed across government departments and relevant agencies covering what was said and events that occurred.

This position is understood to have been introduced following the bilateral row between Copenhagen and Washington regarding Greenland this spring, when the US president suggested acquiring control of the resource-rich territory.

Observers note that this measure is among multiple instances of how Denmark's foreign policy and its civil service have had to adjust to the new reality of the second Trump administration.

An insider familiar with the foreign office stated, “It's accurate to say that the situation in Greenland and the time zone gap between Copenhagen and the United States was quite an important factor prompting this arrangement in the earlier months.”

Rather than everybody having to promptly reach for their phones to catch up on news from the US, the ministry said it had undertaken a collective effort to remain informed on Trump activities.

Jacob Kaarsbo, a former chief analyst at the defense intelligence service, commented that this development demonstrated, “as long understood,” that the notion of the United States as Denmark's largest and most important ally was no longer valid. “Partnerships are founded on common values and a mutual view of threats,” he added. “Trump shares neither of those with us and it can be said he lacks it with most Europeans.”