Denmark Sets Up Nighttime Watch System to Track President Trump After Arctic Row

In a move inspired by TV series watches, Denmark's foreign affairs department has initiated a nighttime monitoring unit—not to fend off fantasy threats, but to track Donald Trump as Copenhagen sleeps.

This night monitoring starts at 5 p.m. local time daily and concludes with a summary produced at 7am, which is then distributed across the Danish government and relevant offices detailing what was said and events taking place.

This position is understood to have been introduced in the wake of the diplomatic dispute involving Copenhagen and Washington regarding the Arctic island earlier this year, when the US president threatened acquiring control of the resource-rich island.

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

An insider familiar with the ministry remarked, “It's accurate to say that the circumstances in Greenland and the time zone gap separating Copenhagen and the United States were quite an important reason prompting this arrangement in the spring.”

Instead of everybody having to immediately check their phones to catch up on updates from the US, the ministry explained it had undertaken a coordinated approach to remain informed on the president's actions.

An expert, a former chief analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, commented that this development showed, “as we have always known,” that the idea of the United States as Denmark’s largest and most important ally was no longer valid. “Partnerships are founded on shared principles and a common threat perception,” he added. “The president shares neither of those with Denmark and it can be said he doesn't share it with most Europeans.”