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"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 local time 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.
The position is understood to have been introduced in the aftermath of the
diplomatic row between Copenhagen and Washington over Greenland this spring,
when the US president threatened to take control of the Arctic island.
Politiken said the initiative was one of several examples of how Danish
diplomacy and the country’s civil service have had to adapt to the new reality
of the second Trump administration.
A source close to the foreign office told the
Guardian: “It is fair to say
that the situation in Greenland and the time difference between Denmark and the
United States was quite an important factor introducing this arrangement during
the spring.”
Rather than everybody having to reach immediately for their phones to catch up
on news from the US, the foreign office said it had instead made a “collective
effort” to stay updated on Trump.
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 neither of those with us and I would argue he doesn’t share it
with most Europeans.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
