Denmark Establishes Nighttime Watch Operation to Track President Trump After Greenland Row

Taking action reminiscent of TV series watches, Denmark's foreign affairs department has created a night watch unit—far from to fend off fantasy foes, but to monitor the US president while Denmark sleeps.

The night monitoring starts at 5pm in Denmark each day and concludes with a report produced at 7 a.m., which is then circulated across government departments and relevant offices detailing what was said and developments taking place.

This position is believed to have been established following the bilateral dispute between Copenhagen and the US regarding Greenland earlier this year, when the American leader threatened taking control of the strategic island.

Observers point out that this initiative is one of several examples of how Danish diplomacy and its civil service have had to adapt to the changed landscape of the Trump's current term.

A source familiar with the foreign office remarked, “It's accurate to say that the situation in Greenland and the time difference between Copenhagen and the US was quite an important factor introducing this arrangement in the earlier months.”

Rather than everybody needing to immediately reach for their phones to stay informed on news from the US, the foreign office said it had undertaken a collective effort to stay updated on Trump actions.

Jacob Kaarsbo, a ex- senior analyst at the defense intelligence service, stated that this development demonstrated, “as we have always known,” that the idea of the US as Denmark's largest and most important partner was dead. “Alliances are founded on common values and a common threat perception,” Kaarsbo added. “Trump shares neither of those with us and I would argue he doesn't share it with the majority of Europe.”