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In a move reminiscent of TV series guards, Denmark's foreign ministry has created a night watch team—not to fend off fantasy foes, but to track the US president as Copenhagen sleeps.

This night monitoring begins at 5pm in Denmark daily and concludes with a report produced at 7am, which is then distributed across the Danish government and concerned offices covering statements made and developments that occurred.

The role is believed to have been established in the wake of the bilateral row involving Denmark and the US over Greenland this spring, when the US president threatened acquiring control of the resource-rich territory.

Observers note that this initiative is among several examples of how Denmark's foreign policy and its government administration have had to adjust to the new reality of the Trump's current term.

A source familiar with the foreign office stated, “It is fair to say that the situation in Greenland and the time zone gap between Copenhagen and the United States was quite an important reason prompting this system in the earlier months.”

Rather than everybody having to promptly reach for their phones to stay informed on updates from the US, the foreign office said it had undertaken a collective effort to stay updated on the president's activities.

Jacob Kaarsbo, a ex- chief analyst at the defense intelligence service, commented that this development demonstrated, “as we have always known,” that the notion of the United States as Denmark's largest and most important partner was dead. “Partnerships are founded on shared principles and a common threat perception,” Kaarsbo added. “Trump shares neither of those with Denmark and I would argue he doesn't share it with most Europeans.”