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Taking action inspired by TV series guards, the Danish foreign ministry has created a nighttime monitoring unit—not guarding against mythical threats, but to monitor the US president while Denmark sleeps.

This night monitoring begins at 5 p.m. in Denmark each day and ends with a summary produced at 7 a.m., which is then circulated across government departments and concerned offices covering what was said and events taking place.

This position is understood to have been established following the diplomatic row involving Copenhagen and Washington regarding Greenland earlier this year, when the US president suggested acquiring control of the strategic territory.

Analysts note that this measure is one of multiple instances of how Danish diplomacy and its government administration have had to adapt to the new reality of the Trump's current term.

An insider close to the foreign office remarked, “It's accurate to say that the situation in the region and the time zone gap separating Denmark and the United States were quite an important factor introducing this arrangement during the earlier months.”

Instead of all staff having to immediately check their devices to catch up on updates from the United States, the foreign office explained it had made a coordinated approach to stay updated on Trump activities.

An expert, a ex- senior analyst at the defense intelligence service, commented that this move demonstrated, “as we have always known,” that the notion of the US as Denmark’s largest and most important partner was dead. “Partnerships are built on shared principles and a mutual view of threats,” he added. “Trump shares neither of those with us and I would argue he doesn't share it with the majority of Europe.”