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Taking action inspired by fictional guards, the Danish foreign ministry has initiated a night watch unit—far from to fend off fantasy threats, but to track the US president as Copenhagen sleeps.

This night monitoring starts at 5pm local time daily and ends with a report produced at 7 a.m., which is then circulated across the Danish government and concerned agencies covering statements made and events that occurred.

This position is believed to have been introduced following the bilateral row involving Copenhagen and Washington regarding Greenland this spring, when the US president suggested taking control of the strategic territory.

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

A source close to the ministry remarked, “It's accurate to say that the situation in the region and the time zone gap separating Denmark and the United States was quite an important reason introducing this system during the earlier months.”

Rather than all staff needing to promptly check their devices to catch up on news from the US, the foreign office said it had undertaken a coordinated approach to stay updated on Trump activities.

Jacob Kaarsbo, a ex- chief analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, commented that this development demonstrated, “as we have always known,” that the notion of the United States as Denmark’s primary partner was no longer valid. “Alliances are founded on shared principles and a mutual view of threats,” he said. “The president shares neither of those with us and I would argue he doesn't share it with the majority of Europe.”