Since then, South Lebanon has also been subjected to numerous rounds of violence, including 22 years of military occupation (1978-2000). The Trump Economic Zone in South Lebanon is a continuation of such experiments. The so-called Trump Economic Zone in Lebanon exposes yet another dark side of the SEZ model. Beyond the Middle East, the naming of the SEZ as the “Trump Economic Zone” is not incidental. However, the Trump Economic Zone is not the solution.