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Taking action inspired by fictional watches, Denmark's foreign affairs department has created a night watch unit—far from to fend off mythical foes, but to monitor Donald Trump as Copenhagen sleeps.

This night monitoring begins at 5 p.m. in Denmark each day and concludes with a report produced at 7am, which is then circulated across the Danish government and concerned offices covering what was said and developments that occurred.

This position is understood to have been introduced following the diplomatic row involving Denmark and Washington regarding Greenland earlier this year, when the American leader suggested taking control of the strategic territory.

Observers point out that this measure is among several examples of how Denmark's foreign policy and its civil service have had to adapt to the changed landscape of the Trump's current term.

An insider close to the ministry remarked, “It's accurate to say that the situation in the region and the time difference between Denmark and the United States were quite an important factor prompting this system in the spring.”

Instead of everybody needing to immediately check their devices to stay informed on news from the US, the ministry explained it had made a collective effort to stay updated on the president's activities.

An expert, a ex- chief analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, commented that this development showed, “as we have always known,” that the idea of the US as Denmark's largest and most important ally was dead. “Alliances are built on shared principles and a mutual view of threats,” he added. “Trump lacks both of those with us and I would argue he lacks it with the majority of Europe.”