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Taking action inspired by fictional guards, Denmark's foreign affairs department has created a nighttime monitoring team—far from to fend off mythical threats, but to track the US president as Copenhagen is asleep.

The night watch begins at 5pm local time daily and concludes with a report produced at 7 a.m., which is then circulated throughout government departments and relevant agencies covering statements made and developments that occurred.

The role is understood to have been introduced in the wake of the bilateral dispute involving Denmark and Washington regarding Greenland earlier this year, when the US president suggested taking control of the strategic island.

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

An insider familiar with the ministry remarked, “It is fair to say that the situation in Greenland and the time zone gap between Copenhagen and the US were quite an important reason prompting this arrangement in the spring.”

Rather than all staff having to promptly reach for their devices to stay informed on news from the United States, the ministry explained it had undertaken a collective effort to stay updated on the president's activities.

An expert, a ex- senior analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, commented that this move demonstrated, “as we have always known,” that the notion of the US as Denmark's primary partner was no longer valid. “Alliances are built on shared principles and a mutual view of threats,” he said. “The president shares neither of those with us and I would argue he lacks it with the majority of Europe.”