<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Cookie Monster is throwing a monster-sized tantrum over the US economy"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Cookie Monster's cookies are getting smaller, and he's saying the culprit is "shrinkflation!"</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The blue muppet from "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2023/02/21/black-history-month-how-sesame-street-was-created-for-black-children/11304333002/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">Sesame Street</a>" voiced his thoughts about <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/03/04/inflation-definition-causes-hyperinflation/72845826007/#:~:text=The%20latest%20report%20from%20the,Reserve's%20target%20rate%20of%202%25." data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">inflation</a>, or what he called "shrinkflation," Monday morning in an X post.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Me hate shrinkflation! Me cookies are getting smaller," <a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/cubs/2019/06/28/cookie-monster-take-me-out-ballgame-cubs-game/1593130001/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">Cookie Monster</a> said.</p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" aria-label="X Embed" data-v-id="1764692032914690276" style="min-height:225px"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The muppet's solution to "shrinkflation" was, of course, to eat more cookies.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"Guess me going to have to eat double da cookies," Cookie Monster said in a separate X post.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>Protect your assets:</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":body nav (hys)|e|auto spike click:6|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="https://www.usatoday.com/money/blueprint/banking/savings/best-high-yield-savings-accounts/">Best high-yield savings accounts of 2023</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">Muppets on X:</strong><a target="_blank" href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/health-wellness/2024/01/31/elmo-how-are-you-doing-checking-in-tweet-responses/72419855007/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:7|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Elmo asks the internet 'How are you doing?' Turns out, they’re not doing great.</a></p><h2 class="gnt_ar_b_mt">White House replies to Cookie Monster</h2><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Hours after Cookie Monster spoke out against "shrinkflation," President Joe Biden and the White House responded to the muppet on X.</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:442px" fetchpriority="high" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/03/05/USAT/72853019007-usatsi-13811111.jpg?width=660&height=442&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.usatoday.com/gcdn/authoring/authoring-images/2024/03/05/USAT/72853019007-usatsi-13811111.jpg?width=1320&height=884&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Sesame Street's Cookie Monster"/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"C is for consumers getting ripped off," the White House's X account shared. "President Biden is calling on companies to put a stop to shrinkflation."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Cookie Monster's comments came a day before Biden announced a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/03/05/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-lower-costs-for-americans-by-fighting-corporate-rip-offs/" data-t-l=":b|e|k|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" rel="noopener">strike force to combat illegal and unfair pricing</a>.</p><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em_tw" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-method="loadTwitter" aria-label="X Embed" data-v-id="1764765909485298066" style="min-height:225px"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"President Biden is committed to making sure corporations are held accountable when they try to rip off Americans, including when they break the law while keeping prices high," according to a White House news release.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The strike force, which the DOJ and FTC will co-chair, will "strengthen interagency efforts to root out and stop illegal corporate behavior that hikes prices on American families through anti-competitive, unfair,...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/03/05/cookie-monster-shrinkflation-tweet-white-house-response/72852339007/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
