"The Danish government has set up a night watch in the foreign ministry, not to keep out the wildlings and White Walkers like the Night's Watch of Game of Thrones, but rather to monitor Donald Trump's pronouncements and movements while Copenhagen sleeps. The night watch starts at 5pm each day and at 7am a report is produced and distributed around the Danish government and relevant departments about what was said and took place, the Politiken newspaper reported."
"Jacob Kaarsbo, a former chief analyst at the Danish defence intelligence agency, said the development showed, as we have always known, that the idea that the US was Denmark's largest and most important ally was dead. Alliances are built on common values and a common threat perception, Kaarsbo said. Trump shares nether of those with us and I would argue he doesn't share it with most Europeans."
Denmark's foreign ministry established a night watch that operates from 5pm and delivers a 7am report to government departments summarising US developments. The role was introduced after a diplomatic row over Greenland this spring when the US president threatened to take control of the Arctic island. The measure reflects adjustments within Danish diplomacy and the civil service to the dynamics of the second Trump administration. The arrangement addressed the time difference and aimed to keep the foreign office collectively updated rather than relying on individuals checking phones. A former defence intelligence analyst described the episode as signalling that the US was no longer Denmark's foremost ally.
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