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Taking action inspired by TV series guards, the Danish foreign ministry has created a nighttime monitoring team—not to fend off fantasy foes, but to track the US president while Copenhagen is asleep.

The night monitoring begins at 5pm in Denmark daily and concludes with a summary produced at 7am, which is then circulated across the Danish government and concerned agencies covering what was said and developments that occurred.

The role is believed to have been introduced in the wake of the diplomatic row between Denmark and the US regarding the Arctic island this spring, when the American leader suggested acquiring control of the strategic island.

Analysts point out that this initiative is one of several examples of how Danish diplomacy and its civil service have had to adapt to the changed landscape of the Trump's current term.

An insider close to the foreign office remarked, “It's accurate to say that the situation in Greenland and the time difference separating Copenhagen and the United States were a significant reason introducing this arrangement in the earlier months.”

Instead of everybody needing to immediately check their phones to catch up on news from the US, the ministry explained it had made a coordinated approach to stay updated on Trump actions.

An expert, a former chief analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, stated that this development demonstrated, “as we have always known,” that the notion of the US as Denmark’s primary partner was dead. “Alliances are founded on shared principles and a mutual view of threats,” he said. “The president lacks both of those with us and it can be said he lacks it with most Europeans.”