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Taking action inspired by TV series guards, the Danish foreign ministry has created a nighttime monitoring team—far from guarding against mythical threats, but to monitor Donald Trump as Denmark sleeps.

The night monitoring begins at 5 p.m. in Denmark daily and concludes with a summary produced at 7 a.m., which is then distributed across the Danish government and relevant offices covering what was said and developments taking place.

The role is understood to have been introduced in the wake of the diplomatic row between Denmark and Washington regarding the Arctic island earlier this year, when the US president threatened taking control of the resource-rich territory.

Analysts note that this initiative is one of several instances of how Danish diplomacy and its civil service have had to adapt to the changed landscape of the second Trump administration.

An insider familiar with the foreign office stated, “It is fair to say that the situation in the region and the time zone gap between Copenhagen and the US was quite an important reason prompting this system in the earlier months.”

Rather than everybody needing to immediately reach for their devices to catch up on news from the US, the ministry explained it had undertaken a coordinated approach to remain informed on the president's actions.

An expert, a ex- chief analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, commented that this move demonstrated, “as long understood,” that the notion of the US as Denmark's primary partner was no longer valid. “Alliances are founded on shared principles and a common threat perception,” he said. “Trump shares neither of those with Denmark and it can be said he lacks it with the majority of Europe.”