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Taking action reminiscent of TV series watches, the Danish foreign ministry has created a nighttime monitoring unit—not to fend off fantasy foes, but to track the US president as Copenhagen sleeps.

This night monitoring begins at 5 p.m. in Denmark daily and ends with a report produced at 7 a.m., which is then distributed across the Danish government and concerned offices covering what was said and events that occurred.

The role is understood to have been established following the bilateral row involving Denmark and Washington regarding Greenland earlier this year, when the US president suggested acquiring control of the resource-rich territory.

Analysts point out 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 close to the ministry stated, “It is fair to say that the circumstances in Greenland and the time zone gap separating Denmark and the US were a significant factor introducing this system during the spring.”

Rather than all staff having to immediately check their devices to catch up on updates from the US, the foreign office said it had made a coordinated approach to stay updated on the president's actions.

An expert, a ex- chief analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, commented that this move showed, “as we have always known,” that the notion of the US as Denmark’s largest and most important ally was dead. “Alliances are built on shared principles and a mutual view of threats,” he added. “The president shares neither of those with us and it can be said he lacks it with most Europeans.”