I think most people understood what Michelle meant when she said it's the first time she was proud to be an American. Rather obvious, really. And it wasn't anti-American.

"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea