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Taking action reminiscent of TV series guards, Denmark's foreign affairs department has created a night watch unit—not to fend off mythical foes, but to monitor Donald Trump as Denmark is asleep.

The night monitoring starts at 5 p.m. local time daily and ends with a report produced at 7 a.m., which is then distributed across government departments and relevant agencies detailing statements made and events taking place.

This position is understood to have been introduced following the diplomatic dispute between Copenhagen and the US regarding the Arctic island this spring, when the US president suggested taking control of the resource-rich island.

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

A source familiar with the foreign office remarked, “It is fair to say that the circumstances in Greenland and the time difference separating Copenhagen and the United States was a significant factor prompting this arrangement during the spring.”

Instead of everybody needing to immediately reach for their devices to catch up on updates from the US, the foreign office explained it had undertaken a coordinated approach to remain informed on the president's activities.

Jacob Kaarsbo, a former chief analyst at the defense intelligence service, stated that this development demonstrated, “as we have always known,” that the notion of the US as Denmark's largest and most important partner was dead. “Alliances are built on shared principles and a mutual view of threats,” Kaarsbo added. “Trump shares neither of those with us and I would argue he lacks it with most Europeans.”