🔗 Share this article

In a move reminiscent of fictional guards, Denmark's foreign ministry has created a nighttime monitoring team—not guarding against mythical threats, but to track the US president as Denmark is asleep.

This night monitoring begins at 5 p.m. in Denmark daily and concludes with a report produced at 7 a.m., which is then distributed across the Danish government and relevant agencies covering statements made and events that occurred.

This position is understood to have been established following the diplomatic dispute involving Denmark and Washington regarding Greenland earlier this year, when the US president threatened acquiring control of the resource-rich island.

Observers note that this measure is among several instances of how Danish diplomacy and its government administration have had to adjust to the changed landscape of the Trump's current term.

An insider familiar with the ministry stated, “It's accurate to say that the situation in Greenland and the time zone gap separating Copenhagen and the US was a significant factor introducing this arrangement in the earlier months.”

Rather than all staff having to promptly check their phones to catch up on updates from the United States, the ministry said it had undertaken a collective effort to remain informed on Trump activities.

An expert, a ex- senior analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, commented that this move showed, “as we have always known,” that the notion of the US as Denmark’s largest and most important ally was no longer valid. “Alliances are built on common values and a common threat perception,” Kaarsbo said. “Trump shares neither of those with us and I would argue he lacks it with the majority of Europe.”